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'''{{PAGENAME}} Long Range Search Radar Set''' - A Long Range Search Radar set built by Bendix Corporation. Deployed in the late 1950s and 1960 to [[SAGE System]] radar sites.
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|colspan="2"|[[File:Kamloops Radar Antenna - 07.jpg|795px|thumb|center|Kamloops AFS FPS-20 Search Radar Antenna, now in a City Park.]]
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== FPS-20 Search Radar ==
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| Nomenclature || FPS-20 ||
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| Origins || FPS-3 ||
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| Variants ||FPS-20A<br>FPS-20B ||
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| Manufacturer || Bendix Corporation ||
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| Type || Search ||
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| Number Made|| 200+ ||
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| IEEE Band || L ||
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| Frequency || 1250-1350 MHz ||
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| PRF || 360 ||
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| Pulse Width || 2 us || 
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| Rotation Speed || ||
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| Power || || Klystron
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| Range || 220 nmi|| Long Range
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| Altitude || 65k ||
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| Introduced || 1956 ||

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[[File:AN-FPS-20 Radar.jpg|thumb|right|400px|FPS-20 on Temperate Tower]]
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'''See Also:'''
* [[SAGE System]]
* [[US Radar Sets]]

'''Sources:''' 
* {{Winkler}}
* MIL-HDBK-162A, 15 Dec 1965.

'''Links:''' 
* [http://www.radomes.org/museum/equip/fps-20.html Radomes - FPS-20]
* [http://www.radomes.org/museum/equip.php Radomes - Radar Equipment]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendix_AN/FPS-20 Wikipedia - FPS-20]
* [http://fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/airdef/an-fps-20.htm FAS - FPS-20]
* [http://www.radartutorial.eu/19.kartei/karte814.en.html Radar Tutorial FPS-20]

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[[Category:Radar Sets]]